Creative NDSM Amsterdam

Creative NDSM Amsterdam

Bjorn van Rheenen

Guided by Bjorn van Rheenen

The NDSM wharf is the perfect example on how creative industry can stimulate the development of an entire former abandoned area and the re-use of old and complex buildings as well as the development of new buildings with very different functions.

The NDSM wharf was one of those abandoned former harbour areas which nobody knew about and which didn't have any connections with the city network. After the creative industry discovered it, the potentials of this area started to be unleashed and an organic urban transformation of this part of Amsterdam began.

Inspiring places like the Red Bull Headquarters, the Greenpeace Headquarters or the Pernod-Ricard Headquarters will make you help you feel the innovative and entrepeneur spirit of these streets. The place where nobody dared to come a couple of years ago, is now the most creative hotspot of Amsterdam with hundreds of artists and creative entrepreneurs, hip cafés and restaurants, hotels, offices and shops are shaping an inspiring area where the artist may feel like at home.

In this tour you will get into this experience with one of the pioneers architects who actively helped in these architecture developments, your guide, Bjorn van Rheenen, who has set his architectural studio inside the NDSM building.

Buildings you'll visit

  • NDSM-Kunststad (residence of artists inside old 20.000 square meter warehouse)
  • Café restaurant Noorderlicht
  • The Faralda crane hotel
  • Red Bull Headquarters
  • Greenpeace Headquarter
  • Pernod-Ricard Headquarters
  • Brooklyn Hotel
  • MTV international headquarters
  • Café restaurant Pllek and IJkantine
  • Maritiem Trainings Centre
  • HEMA headquarters Kraanspoor
  • Café restaurant Loetje

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€120per person

Basic information

Please note than once you have booked the tour/visit you’ll recieve an email with the complete information.

Calendar

Availability

Monday to Sunday

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Duration

4 hours

Dialog

Languages

English, Dutch, German

People

Max / Min People

Max 5 / Min 2

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Bjorn van Rheenen

About Bjorn van Rheenen

Bjorn van Rheenenwas trained as an architect in Germany and The Netherlands between 1994 and 2001. He is native speaking German and Dutch. He established his office Sponge Architects in 2003 in Amsterdam. Since then he is working on various projects in architecture and (re-)development. Besides that he is a teacher within the studies of sustainable architecture.

Sponge Architects office is an agency for development, urban planning, architecture and interior design, looking for ideas, concepts and creative solutions to problemsthrough a 'free' and innovative thinking. As they describe it Sponge unites the Dutch creativity in design with the German craftsmanship in theexecution, consider themselves the “originators” of concepts, inspirations and confident partners of their clients.

Their work is characterized by innovative solutions andpreference for cultural and social issues,they often work with complexnature projects and with a combination of multiple functions and multiple relevantparties in a complex context where people are the main element. They define their work as a content architecture with a message: to improve the world by deliberately making thingsthat they deem important to people.

Bjorn van Rheenen speaks fluent English, German and Dutch.